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so, folks, and joining us. join us, and we will deliver. thank you, all and god bless you. and most of all, may god protect our troops. thank you. stand up! ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ >> move on up towards your destination ♪ >> next, a conversation with republican presidential candidate buddy roemer. he was a guest on today's "washington journal". this is 25 minutes. ack to c-span 2012 republican presidential candidate buddy roemer. another debate next week this one sponsored by cnbc in detroit focus on the economy and corporations. you are not part of the debate. you have not been part of any of these debates. why? guest: the only common thread on all nine debates so far is my absence. i don't know. at first the rules were -- and the rules are set by ch debate sponsor. and they change over time. the first three debates you had to be a formally announced candidate. i was not so i understood my lack of inclusion. the next they debates you had to have -- the next three debates
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colin powell used to say, let's talk general to a general. used to be very straight talking. i wonder if that exists now. betty confidence is not there. -- maybe confidence is not there now. >> what you think the united states does not understand that makes pakistan not trust us? what do we not understand about why they are upset? >> i don't want to go into too much detail with the minutes that we have pared. between 1979, we were with the united states to fight against the soviet union. then in 1989, suddenly the united states decides to quit. when that happens, there was a strategic policy -- sanctions on pakistan. this was seen as extremely negatively of the people of pakistan. we have been used and then betrayed. this is a feeling of the people of pakistan. >> is there feeling like that today? >> yes. >> we know this has happened. we were all alone. we were funding for ourselves. the taliban came up in 1996 in pakistan was all alone funding for its all. contents 9/11 in the united states -- now people are asking how do we know we will not be betrayed again? this has a his
colin powell used to say, let's talk general to a general. used to be very straight talking. i wonder if that exists now. betty confidence is not there. -- maybe confidence is not there now. >> what you think the united states does not understand that makes pakistan not trust us? what do we not understand about why they are upset? >> i don't want to go into too much detail with the minutes that we have pared. between 1979, we were with the united states to fight against the soviet...
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the fact we did not have a response on the street anchored us -- angered us. it was the privilege of growing up without history of the workplace is what dave is the platform to stand up. on a personal level, i know there are many people in this room who are active in the workplace around harassment and still are today. i want to thank you. i grew up knowing it was not ok and that it did happen to me, it would not be my fault. there was something i could do about it. that is amazing. if i can give that to the next generation and if we can give that to the next generation of activists so that they have the privilege of knowing that street harassment is not ok, that will be a tremendous win. [applause] >> emily, where did you get the message was not ok and it was not your fault? where was that message in your life? >> the first time i heard the message was when everybody was talking about anita hill and harassment. nobody was talking about it to me. i thought it was because it had the word "sex" in it because i was 10. and remember asking my mother. she told me d
the fact we did not have a response on the street anchored us -- angered us. it was the privilege of growing up without history of the workplace is what dave is the platform to stand up. on a personal level, i know there are many people in this room who are active in the workplace around harassment and still are today. i want to thank you. i grew up knowing it was not ok and that it did happen to me, it would not be my fault. there was something i could do about it. that is amazing. if i can...
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i used to go to law school. i do not go too many of them any more because i end up in too many poor schools with great kids, most of whom will never have a chance because they are in a rotten school. i get a little worked up over it, as you all know. my message to all these kids is, listen, you can grow up and be whatever you want to be. i think most of us have to work for a living. lifework becomes life central activity. go do something you like. succeed in something you want to succeed in regardless of what it is. >> mr. speaker, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. [applause] >> next up, we have the former president of pakistan with david bradley interviewing him. thanks, david. >> good morning, mr. president. good morning, everyone. president scharf is exactly 10 years older than i am. the volume of what he put into his 68 years far surpasses my 68 years. born in 1943 -- that is before the great partition of india and pakistan. his earliest memories were being on that night train, traveling to pa
i used to go to law school. i do not go too many of them any more because i end up in too many poor schools with great kids, most of whom will never have a chance because they are in a rotten school. i get a little worked up over it, as you all know. my message to all these kids is, listen, you can grow up and be whatever you want to be. i think most of us have to work for a living. lifework becomes life central activity. go do something you like. succeed in something you want to succeed in...
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belong to us. the sense of responsibility we have to pass them safer and stronger to those who follow. as you look back to your four years as chairman and your four decades in uniform, be assured -- our military is stronger and our nation is more secure because of the service that you have rendered. [applause] today we have renewed american leadership in the world. we have strengthened our alliances including nato. we all leading again in asia and we forged a new treaty russia. every american can be grateful to admiral mullen, as am i, is critical role in these achievements. today we see the remarkable achievements of our 9/11 generation of service members. they have gen arakis a chance to determine their own future. they pushe the taliban and other afghan strongholds and put al qaeda on the path to defeat. well, our forces have responded to sudden crisis with compassion as in haiti and with precision as in libya. there will be long remembered that our troops that these tasks on animal mullen -- ad
belong to us. the sense of responsibility we have to pass them safer and stronger to those who follow. as you look back to your four years as chairman and your four decades in uniform, be assured -- our military is stronger and our nation is more secure because of the service that you have rendered. [applause] today we have renewed american leadership in the world. we have strengthened our alliances including nato. we all leading again in asia and we forged a new treaty russia. every american...
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several of us were there. we worked on a debt forgiveness package for third world countries because larry has a heart of compassion for those who are suffering. the initiative that was taken in that gathering was bill clinton and larry summers and others resulted in a debt reduction of 30 billion a dollars to over indebted third world countries to give them a fresh start. he is a wonderful person as are all the members of this panel. you are going to get to know that. one of them, by the way, robert gibbs said he worked for a man who worked for my father. it is incestuous and washington. everybody works for everybody sooner or later. we are all friends. they have rules. no gouging, no biting, no kidding. maintain civility. i think you are what you have a wonderful debate. i hope to come up with some solutions to a america's debt problems. let me introduce a tremendous broadcaster, brought to bear. --brett baer. >> thank you for that introduction. i know that you just celebrated 50 years. i know you have celebr
several of us were there. we worked on a debt forgiveness package for third world countries because larry has a heart of compassion for those who are suffering. the initiative that was taken in that gathering was bill clinton and larry summers and others resulted in a debt reduction of 30 billion a dollars to over indebted third world countries to give them a fresh start. he is a wonderful person as are all the members of this panel. you are going to get to know that. one of them, by the way,...